Savanah Soto's family calls out hurtful social media comments after Texas’ teen couple's mysterious death
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS: The comments that were made about Savanah Soto and Matthew Guerra on social media have offended Savanah Soto's family, according to reports.
They also want the people to stop acting as detectives and allow the police to carry out their duties so that justice can be served.
The bodies of 18-year-old Soto and her 22-year-old boyfriend, Guerra, were discovered on Tuesday, December 26, in a San Antonio parking lot. Police confirmed that both had suffered gunshot wounds to the head.
Soto, who was nine months pregnant at the time of her death, had plans for induced labor scheduled on December 23. She was last seen at her San Antonio apartment building the day before this scheduled procedure.
What did Savanah Soto's family say?
The family of the pregnant teen says that most of the comments they are seeing on social media are hurtful, and they want it to stop, as per Kens5. They also mention that there is a significant amount of misinformation being circulated during the investigation.
"If it's not 100% then we ask that you don't share it. Like all you're doing is slowing down the process," said Savanah's aunt Valerie Mendoza.
The family of Soto further added, saying that they are trying to grieve in peace, but say false statements on social media are upsetting them.
"It's very upsetting not just to me, to my family, but to my son. I just wish that people would just stop and let the police detectives do their job, do it the right way, so we can get justice for my granddaughter," said Rachel Soto, Savanah's grandmother.
Mendoza further added that those trying to play detective and making false accusations are not helpful.
"With all these false accusations, everybody trying to play detective and all that, that's not helping any, that's not helping us. Like I've already removed myself from a lot of social media because you know everybody had negative comments and she wasn't innocent. They weren't, you know innocent, but they were young," said Mendoza.
'Respect our privacy'
The family further wanted people to respect their privacy as the negative comments were painful to them, as they tried and mourn, and process the deaths of their children.
They say no one in this world is perfect, and appreciate all the prayers, love, and support they have received.
Soto's grandmother Rachel said, "Let us grieve by ourselves, without negative comments out there, because if it was anybody else's child we would respect their privacy."
She added, "That's all we want. We just want everybody to respect our privacy, to let us mourn our way."
The family has also addressed fake community fundraisers, including fake GoFundMe accounts that have been created. There are only two official GoFundMe accounts. One for Savanah and Fabian, and one for Matthew.
